How the #BaylorProud photo contest winner used her prize makes us BaylorProud
When we launched the “Are You #BaylorProud?” photo contest last month, we purposely chose to give the winner a $250 Baylor Bookstore gift card. We thought that the winner would be able to use the card to buy more Baylor t-shirts, bumper stickers, etc. with which he/should could show his/her Baylor pride.
But that’s not what happened — and the story that follows exemplifies what makes the Baylor family different.
On the final day of the contest, we selected our winner — Rhonda Black, BBA ’98; her photo, showing Rhonda and her Spring 1995 Delta Sigma Theta sorority sisters outside McLane Stadium, gathered nearly 1,000 votes (Facebook likes) in our contest.
The next step was to find out how to get her the gift card. She promptly sent us her address — along with an alternative suggestion for the prize.
“My sorority sisters and I would like to donate the Baylor Bookstore gift card to a student in need,” she began. In fact, she had already contacted another sorority sister in Baylor’s Department of Multicultural Affairs who was willing to help identify a student who could use the gift card to help pay for books, school supplies or other needs.
Rather than enjoy the prize, these Baylor alumni not only chose to use it to benefit others — they went out of their way to find a way to make it happen.
Rhonda, your actions are just another reason we are BaylorProud!
Sic ’em, Bears!
[ALSO: Thank you, Baylor Nation, for coming through on our first #BaylorProud Giving Day last week. In just one day, you raised $64,442 to support current and future Baylor students across the university — a great example of how small gifts can add up to make a big difference! Sic ’em!]